Past Pages Sept. 3

130 YEARS AGO

Captain Sam of the Piutes advertises the prices for wild game as follows: "Goose, one dolla." "Big Goose, one dolla a quarta." "Damn big goose, one dolla a half." Sam says the pine nuts are more than ever before and there is a black bug they gather, that when roasted bursts open like popcorn and is a very succulent morsel.

100 YEARS AGO

Lance Deady and Ralph Lee, who several weeks ago left on an overland trip on the coasts have returned with the boys walking some 500 miles with two burros carrying their junk. They have seen a lot of California and Nevada that otherwise would have been impossible.

70 YEARS AGO

When the motorized division of 1,700 men in 300 trucks rolled into an encampment in North Carson last Saturday, it was the first contingent of soldiers to pitch camp at that place in exactly forty-three years since the Spanish-American War. Soldiers stayed at the Winnie Ranch.

50 YEARS AGO

At the request of three residents from Sierra Heights Addition in southwest Carson City, the Carson City Council agreed to halt excessive speeding on Elm Street with stop signs.

20 YEARS AGO

Hundreds of volunteers sporting orange vests and hats scoop up tons of trash from Nevada's roadsides as part of the Adopt-A-Highway Program.

10 YEARS AGO

Backpacks are donated to children in need, says Kim Riggs, director of the school district's children in transition program.

• Trent Dolan is the son of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.